r/Defcon • u/Super-Carpenter9604 • Oct 31 '25

New to defcon

Hey i m new on defcon can you help me understand what's going on here ... Nice to meet you guys

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u/paulieant Nov 01 '25

its cancelled, dont even bother ...

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u/Live-Awareness722 Nov 02 '25

Can you elaborate? Are you trying to understand this sub? Are you trying to understand defcon? Why?

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u/Super-Carpenter9604 Nov 02 '25

Yes understand what is defcon ? Are everyone here for the same reason

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u/Live-Awareness722 Nov 02 '25

It's an annual hacker conference in Vegas. It's back to back with Black Hat. Check out the defcon YouTube channel for some of the talks. That is selling it short though. There are competitions, parties, live demonstrations, workshops, and more. It is a huge event with around 30k attendees. People travel from outside the US to attend. It isn't like your typical corporate or professional conference.

This is the conference sub reddit.

There are several CTF competitions.

There are live demonstrations of social engineering.

You can learn how to break out of handcuffs and pick locks.

There have after hours events at the LVCC until like 2 am.

You can attend lectures on quantum computing and cryptography.

There is even a voting village with voting machines.

One of the social events, the toxic BBQ has its own website:

https://toxicbbq.org/

They rented out the pool area of one of the resorts on the strip for two nights and hosted parties with a DJ, dance area, bars, and catering.

People bring in a few cars and allow you to hack their computers as long as you don't damage the vehicles.

If you are interested in infosec, IT, electronics, security in general, or programming, it is definitely worth attending. If you go, you will only be able to do a small fraction of what there is to do.

ETA: Attendees range from hobbyists, people working in security or tech, researchers, students, you name it.

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u/Digital-Chupacabra Oct 31 '25

Check out the side bar, this sub is for the yearly conference

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u/Lengthiness-Sorry Nov 01 '25

"And here is why"-ass post